Dedication

Andrew Hill · 1964 · Point of Departure (Blue Note), pièce de deuil

Context

Originally titled "Cadaver," it is meant to express, according to the liner notes, a feeling of great loss. Kenny Dorham reportedly was moved while playing one of its passages.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free jazz, Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Free jazz: Tristano School, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Modal.

By the same artist

• New Monastery (1964)
• Spectrum (1964)
• Refuge (1965)
• Pumpkin (1963)
• Subterfuge (1963)
• Black Fire (1963)

Sources

• EN: Point of Departure (Andrew Hill album)

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